Samoa - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Samoa was 43.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 43.00 in 2017.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 88.00
2001 85.00
2002 84.00
2003 80.00
2004 74.00
2005 72.00
2006 66.00
2007 62.00
2008 60.00
2009 58.00
2010 58.00
2011 54.00
2012 52.00
2013 48.00
2014 47.00
2015 45.00
2016 44.00
2017 43.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health